White House Releases Expanded Budget Including Major Cuts

The Trump administration has published part two of the “Budget for a Better America,” which expands upon previously introduced spending cuts. Last week, the president’s $4.75 trillion budget introduced cuts to federal employee retirement plans and the reorganization of the Office of Personnel Management.

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Agencies can breathe a sigh of relief after the Congressional Budget Office confirmed its earlier findings that that discretionary spending will not force agencies to face sequestration in the final six weeks of the fiscal year.

For the past year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has undertaken a dedicated effort to attract more females to its workforce, specifically the Border Patrol. Of the Border Patrol’s workforce of over 21,000 agents, only 5% are women.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is weighing a vote on a resolution to hold the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Administrator in contempt, with Chairman Jason Chaffetz leading the charge while House Democrats stand in opposition.

Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee passed four bills regarding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and this week, before hitting the floor, the Obama administration has come out in opposition to all four.

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A joint project between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which has been working toward the cross-agency priority goal of developing the federal workforce to its full potential, released its latest quarterly progress report.

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Seven Republican members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) are raising concerns over plans by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hire nearly 500 employees by the end of September.

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